I’m still scratching my head in bewilderment as to how we didn’t manage to win our first game of the season against Wilmington Hammerheads.

I was impressed with the way we started the game and the attitude the players showed after our disappointing weekend in the United States.

It seemed as though the defeats against Crystal Palace Baltimore and Richmond Kickers had not knocked our confidence and I really felt it was going to be our night.

With 30 minutes gone I turned to Kyle Lightbourne and told him that if we didn’t get at least something out of this game then there was something seriously wrong.

I was that convinced we would win and I didn’t feel as though they were hurting us, whereas we were looking dangerous in attack.

But their goal was a real killer and probably against the run of play. It knocked the stuffing out of us and the players couldn’t probably believe they were chasing another game.

I know from my time as a player it can be mentally tough to snap out of a losing streak.

You start questioning if you can get anything from the game and lose the belief you can still pull it back.

The players could see another game creeping away from them and sometimes when you try even harder it can be counter-productive because passes start going astray and you get even more frustrated.

But the league table doesn’t lie. We are where we are because we’re falling short at this level. It’s not because of bad luck or things conspiring against us it’s because so far we just haven’t been good enough.

We’ve played well in 30-minute spells but not for 90 minutes. Sometimes we’ve had a good first-half or an improved second-period, but never combined the two and that’s is why we’re at the foot of the table.

Sure, it’s disappointing that we don’t have more points on the board at this stage but that’s our reality.

I keep saying it, but we must start learning from our mistakes and if you don’t learn when your losing then there’s something wrong. Winning can cover a multitude of sins and we must learn our lessons now.

To be honest it’s not just the players but also the coaches who must also take that on board.

Occasionally this season we’ve probably got our communication wrong to the players which has led to naivety.

Sometimes we have told them to stay in the game but they have gone out all the guns blazing at half time and not given themselves a chance of snatching something in the final 15 minutes.

But this is a great learning curve for Bermudian football and everyone involved in the Hogges will work together to push for improvement.